Dream day at Twickers

The team of schoolchildren, from years five and six, earned the once in a lifetime opportunity after overcoming stiff opposition to win the final of the Bath Community Powergen Tag festival last month.

Corsham, who defeated St. Phillips Primary School, represented Bath and went to Twickenham to face one of the other winners who were representing the 12 Zurich Premiership clubs at the Powergen Cup Final.

In the original competition Corsham and St Phillips had been tied on points and tries after the round-robin tournament that included Winsley Primary and Walwayne Court.

A play-off took place with Corsham victorious by four tries to two.

At the weekend the Corsham youngsters got to parade around the pitch and also play a short match against a school from the Gloucester area.

Corsham coach Tim Unwin said it had been a wonderful day at the rugby headquarters that would live long in the memories of the young rugby players.

"It was an early start and we got back quite late but they all loved every minute of the whole day," said Unwin.

"We took a trip around the museum at Twickenham and it was a bonus to see a good game of rugby which Newcastle won.

"The weather was good and everyone one enjoyed the whole day."

The youngsters had a one-off opportunity to show off their skills in front of a crowd in excess of 60,000 fans.

An added bonus was that they won their match by three tries to two with Sam Coombes, Jacob Unwin and Casper More grounding the ball on the hallowed Twickenham turf.

"We all did the half-time parade in front of all those supporters and they will remember it forever," he said.

"They were very excited about the trip and the prospect of playing at Twickenham even though it was only for ten or 15 minutes.

"Although we won the match it was not about the game being competitive. The success was winning the original competition and going to Twickenham was the prize."